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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1944-03-03

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1944-03-03, page 01

^LM^ Serving Colmnbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \jl\^
Vol 22. No 10 Entered as Second-Class Matter, vol ^A, i^u. PostofUce Columbua,. 6hlo.
COTjUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAV, MAIW^TI ,1, HM4
X>eTOt«d to AmerloAii and Jawlah Idaali
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Everywhere By PhlneoB J. Blron
Home Hospitality Asked For Patients Of Fletcher Hospital
REPORTAGE,..
1^ The Catholic Committee for Refugees is in hot water . . Its officials refuse to admit that they should not have used the classifications "Aryans" and "non-Aryans', on tlieir applica¬ tion forms . . . Instead, director KTomora of the Commktee Is try Ing to find a Justification for that un-American and un-Chris lian procedure . . . We've iieen told that some Catholic appli¬ cants who registered as non- Aryans were told hy this Com¬ mittee to go elsewhere . . . Yet these applicants, becau.se they were Catholic by their religion, had been directed to the Catho¬ lic Committee by the other refu¬ gee services ... In other words, some of these unfortunate "non- Aryan" Catholics, instead of re¬ ceiving assistance, have become footballs to be Iciclted around in political and un-Christian man- euvring . . . Shades of Hitler! . . . Another bit of Information that reaches us is that at some Army camps overseas the Jewish boys sKowed such disinclination to at¬ tend services during the fail holy days that the commanding of¬ ficers felt it their duty to exer- cisp moral suasion . . .Perhaps It's tip to the chaplains to make the services more attractive to
the. .fellws In-unlfprfn?...
We!re glad td report "that Erwrri "Piscator's production' o{ Less- ing's "Nathan the Wise" the play which stood first on Hitler's hook-burning list, Is doing well In its two-week' engagement at the Studio Theatre of the New School for Social Research . . . It's too bad that this famous drama, or some equally power¬ ful plea for tolerance, doesn't s.eem to have that popular ap¬ peal which would bring capac¬ ity audiences to see it for a couple of seasons . . . OUR BRITISH AX,LIK8 . . . (^ The British Shrove Tuesday custom of eating pancakes, we're informed, is analogous to the Jewish practice of eating matz- oth during Pas.sover . . . For the English, it seems, consume their pancakes in commemoration of the flat cakes the children of Is rael ate on their departure from Egypt ... All of which reminds us of an incident reported by an American soldier to his fam¬ ily ... It seems that this soldier, stationed in a Western camp, went to a party al a local Jew¬ ish center, and there observed an RAF cadet happily consun^ing a platterful of tasty cheese blintzes ... So a young lady, thinking he might like some more, ventured to remark: "You like those blint¬ zes, don't you?" . . . "Blintzes" exclaimed the English youth in a tone of horror . . . "They're the most terrible thing you can im¬ agine" . . . The lady was sorne- what taken aback — but a little probing revealed that the strang¬ er within our gates had thought she was asking him about the London blitzes . . . MU8ICA1, NOTES . . . fe They all fall sooner or later, we guess . . . anyway, here's the one and only Fritz Kreisler sign¬ ed up to play his fiddle over the radio some time soon ... A copy of Herbert Weinstock's bio¬ graphy of Tchaikovsky, recent¬ ly published here, now reposes in the library of the composers home at Klin, Russia . . .-Our con-frere Josh Levy of the Na (Continued on Page 8)
Over 400 To Attend B'nai B'rith Women Dinner Tuesday
The B'nai B'rith Auxiliary, and B. & P. Women have issued an invitation to the patients of Fletcher General Hospital lo at¬ tend the Purim Costume Bail to be held this Saturday (tonight) at thS .IWB-USO Lounge. Those of the patients who are able to attend will he permitted a week end pass, and the organization is asking for volunteers to offer homo hospitality to the boys who accept. The extent of such ho.qpitallty is sleeping accommo¬ dations for Saturday night, March <lth, and breakfast on Sun¬ day morning. You may offer your hospitality to one or more boys.
Up -to this time no Community effort has been made here in the direction lOf Fletcher Hospital, where many Jewish boys are hospitalized and many in a posi¬ tion to make an occasional trip to Columbus.
The invitation to this B'nai B'rith Purim Ball, though re-^ gretably at a late date, is the initial effort in that direction. The success of this effort de¬ pends on the immediate response of the Jewish people of Colum¬ bus.
If you are in a position to of¬ fer home hospitality to the boys who may come to Columbus this week-end from Fletcher General
THOUSANDS OF RED GROSS WORKERS OUT TO RAISE GOAL OF $859,000 FOR 1944
From the reservations already received by Mrs. L. LQhow, Fi¬ nancial Secretary of the fi'nai R'rith Women, almost every one of the 41.') members and all '10 of the Busine.ss and Professional Group will be present at the! Free Membership i!)inner next' Tuesday evening, Mnrch 7. at n o'clock, at Bryden Road Tem¬ ple. That tho capaclt.v crow<l will enjoy a splendid dinner Is being assured by the committee in cliarge. headetl hy Mrs. Sam (Irossman. .Serving with her on this committee will be Mrs. J. II Schecter, Mrs. D. W. Goodman. Mrs. \V. W. Calllf. Mrs. S. .1. Sehlonsky. Mrs. Walter Katz. Mrs. Joseph Minkin and Mrs. I. \V. Garek. Table decorations and special novelties will bo in charge of Mrs. Chester Gol<lstono and Mrs. Joseph Levison. Mrs. William Bronska is chairman of the committee which will do the sei'vlng that evening.
Commemorating the eleventh anniversary of the founding of Zlon Lodge Auxiliary, a Birth¬ day Celebration, all set to mu¬ sic, will comprise the program of the evening. Taliing part in the program will be the follow¬ ing; Mesdames B. Feitlinger. Wil¬ liam Barash, Louis Robins, Theo. Kas6, Herman Seigel, Jack Shore, J. Barnett, Oscar Smiiacte I. M
ANTI-SEMITISM WILL BK HIS SUn.IKCT BKPOHE B'NAI B'RITH TUESDAY
With thousands of workers having started out this week on the largest Red Cross war fund raising campaign in history, for $8,'i!),000 in Columbus and Frank¬ lin County, to carry on the war¬ time services of the American Red Cross, results already point to an unriuaiified success accord¬ ing to George E. Landis, Coium¬ bus attorney, under whose chair¬ manship the drive is being car¬ ried on.
i-'nrmal opening ceremonies, giving the signal to volunteer workers for the campaign, were
AN APPRECIATION!
Hemmelstein after 3:00 P. .today, March 4th.
M.
A.rniy-Navy Meeting Called For March 9
Hospital, please call Miss Bert Harris, Morris Glaser, Joseph --- - --'Mlpkln, Harry Topy, L. Sehlon¬ sky, Leon Glnsburg, Justlti L. SUlman, WUllam Goodman, John Comeras, and Misses Bert' Hem¬ melstein and Marian Soomsky. Mrs. Joseph Cohen wUl accom¬ pany the performers.
Special tributes will al-so be paid to the five women who have served Zion Lodge Auxil¬ iary, as presidents. These in¬ clude Mesdames Harry Schwartz, I. W. Garek, Martin Rosenthal, Mrs. D.. W. Goodman and Mrs. Harry Schwartz.
The dinner is free to all mem¬ bers' paid to Sept. 1, 194-1. The meeting and program, to, start promptly at 8 Ii. m., is open to all members of B'nai H'rith Wo¬ men, their husbands and friends. A call to Mrs. Lubow. FA. 9987 will check your membership slatu.s.
An important meeting of the entire Army-Navy Committee has been called for next Thurs¬ day, March 9, 8 P. M., at the Schonthal Center. The many loyal workers, who have contri¬ buted their time and 'effort so that the servicemen stationed in and around Columbus would lie better served, are cordially in¬ vited to attend.
The meeting, over which Har¬ ry Goldberg, chairman, will pre¬ side, has been arranged with a twofold purpose in mind, namely that of bringing the community up to dale on what has been done Ijy each committee, and lay¬ ing plans for future activities. With the constant shift in ser¬ vice personnel. It is important that we plan now, .so that we may iie able to best serve these men in uniform.
j. W. V. Commander To Be Honored At Dinner Event
Pioneer Women Donor Dinner Event Sunday
Archie H. Greenberg, of New York City, national commander of Jewish War 'Veterans, wiil be honored at a national command¬ er's dinner meeting, on Satur¬ day, March 18th, af 6:30 p. m., at the neshler Wallick Hotel, un¬ der the auspices of Capitol Post Jewish War Veteran.s. Many dis¬ tinguished guests, representing the various veteran groups, and city and state officials, have been invited to this affair.
Morris Lessure, commander of the Jewish War 'Veterans, has anhounced that thi3 program will be open to ^11 the commun¬ ity. Sig Weisskerz is chairman on arrangements.
Have you donated a pint of
blood? Don't waitl
Do it NOWl
Miss Tamar I.evitas. noted authority on Palestine, wiil V)e the guest, speaker at tlie Donor Dinner of the Pioneer Women, Group Two, this Sunday, March 5th,.at the Senec-a Hotel, accord¬ ing to Mrs. Irving Salen, presi¬ dent of the organization.
Miss Levltas is a graduate of Hunter College, New York, and has lived in Palestine for several years. She has served jn a lead¬ ing capacity In organizational work and is widely known as an excellent speaker.
The musical program In con¬ junction with the dinner will in¬ clude songs iiy Josef Turin, no- te<l tenor, with Irene Price as accompanist; vocal selections by Sgl. Louis Moskowitz; and Mrs. Max Bernstecker, pianist. Toast- mistress for the evening will be Mrs. Goldie Kanter Mayer, at¬ torney. The opening prayer is to be given by Martha Meiiman.
The chairman of the Donor Dinner is Mrs. Max Schaffer, who is being assisted by the fol lowing women: Co-chairman Mrs
(Continued on Page Seven)
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In these da.vs. the like (if which .lewry has never exper ienced. In ils long pcrlo'l of his tory, evej-y .self-respecting .lew should keep himself informed on the various -trends affecting the security of oui" people here and throughout the woi-ld. H e should also know that the battle of millions ot Jews to survive Is not only taking place in Euf6- pean countries, but it now^ in¬ cludes our own United States where the virus of anti-Semitism has spread.
It is for this reason that the Chronicle considers next Tues¬ day night's meeting of Zion Lodge, B'nai B'rith. an import¬ ant one and should draw another record attendance.
Rabl)l Nathan Zelizer. spirit ual leader of the Temple Tifer¬ eth Israel, wili be tho featureil speaker that evening and will discu.ss Ihe suliject "Backcleers of Anti-Semitism—How to .Meet Them". The Ral)bi will touch upon many interesting experien ces in the promotion of licller understanding and mutual re¬ spect among all racial groups in Columbus and surrounding com¬ munities.
The nieeting will get under- wa.V |)romptiy at K o'clock in the social hall of the Hroad Street Temple, it is open to all mem¬ iiers, their wives and friends.
Through Ihe kind coopera¬ tion of Leo YiiNsenoff, of tho I'' & Y. nuilding Service, and S. M. .Melton and Herman M. Kutz, of Capllol .Mfg. & Sup¬ ply Co., the Red Cross vnes- sagr on page five of this Is¬ sue was nuule posslbir.
Our thunks und thnt of Red CritHs arc extended lo lhem for their thoughtful and pa¬ triotic gcslnrc.
Jr. Hadassah Region Convention Here March llth
The Junior Hadas.sah regional convention will be formally op- eneil with the Oneg Shabat ot>- servances on Saturday. March Uth, at 2:;j0 P. M , in the Desh¬ ler-Wallick suite, it was announ¬ ced this week.
Mrs. Charles Aurtiacli. of Cleveland. O., will be the guest speitker. She has chosen "Sur¬ veying the Iiolitical Arena in Zionism" for the afernoon's dis¬ cussion. Mrs. Aurliach is prom- Irient in Clevelanil's Youth Com¬ mission, an organization which she founded some years ago.
The Junior Choral group will lead in the singing an'' '-ea will be served: All members of the Junior and Senior Hadassah groups and the Business and Profesmonal Club are cordially invited.
marked Monday hy a broadcast over WHKC .from the Statehouse rotunda with Governor John W. Hricker turning on the neon Red Cross lights at the four corners of the statehouse grounds, and Tuesday night at the Memorial HaU, when Miss Phyllis Pedigo, Red Gross recreation wOrtcerlST" Australia, shared the platform with Major Marlon P. Caruth- ers and Lieut. Allen Roesslg, both of Lockbourne Air Base, who told of their experiences in T)l) comliat missions in the North .\fri(tin and Italian campaigns. Commanding officers of the Army and' Navy are unanimous in giving unstinting prai.se to the work of the Red C^ross in the Overseas theaters of War. Ad¬ miral C. W. NImitz, command- er-ln chief. U. S. Pacific Fleet, has this 10 .say. "Wherever the Stars and Stripes fly over the Pacific Islands, there also Is found the .symbol of the American Red, Cross, its representatives work tirelessly In the service of our fighting men'.
"The American Red Cross has made an outstiinding c(mtril)u- tlon". says Gen. .loseph Stillweil. commanding i;, S. Army forces in Chihna. liurma and India to the high morale ot the soldiers In the China-Burma-India thea¬ ter', and .Gen. Mark Clark, com¬ mander of the Fifth II. S, Army states Ihiit wherever the Fifth Army has moved, the American Red Cro.ss has kept pace with its advance.
"The many functions of the American Red Cross are loo well known to all Americans for me to enumerate this organiza¬ tion's far reaching ccmtributions to our civilization in times of adversity", declares Lieut. Gen¬ eral Robert C. Richard.son, Jr., cimimanding the General Pacific Area U. S. Army. "Because the Red Cro.ss is supported hy vol¬ untary contributions, it is your organizaikm; your watchdog against the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse .
Unqualified also is General Douglas MacArthur's comment, "The Red Cross never has failed the American soldier", while in a long statement issued by Ad¬ miral F. Hals.ey, Jr., commander of the South Pacific Naval Force, he states. "The commendable (Cpntlnued on Page 8)

^LM^ Serving Colmnbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \jl\^
Vol 22. No 10 Entered as Second-Class Matter, vol ^A, i^u. PostofUce Columbua,. 6hlo.
COTjUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAV, MAIW^TI ,1, HM4
X>eTOt«d to AmerloAii and Jawlah Idaali
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Everywhere By PhlneoB J. Blron
Home Hospitality Asked For Patients Of Fletcher Hospital
REPORTAGE,..
1^ The Catholic Committee for Refugees is in hot water . . Its officials refuse to admit that they should not have used the classifications "Aryans" and "non-Aryans', on tlieir applica¬ tion forms . . . Instead, director KTomora of the Commktee Is try Ing to find a Justification for that un-American and un-Chris lian procedure . . . We've iieen told that some Catholic appli¬ cants who registered as non- Aryans were told hy this Com¬ mittee to go elsewhere . . . Yet these applicants, becau.se they were Catholic by their religion, had been directed to the Catho¬ lic Committee by the other refu¬ gee services ... In other words, some of these unfortunate "non- Aryan" Catholics, instead of re¬ ceiving assistance, have become footballs to be Iciclted around in political and un-Christian man- euvring . . . Shades of Hitler! . . . Another bit of Information that reaches us is that at some Army camps overseas the Jewish boys sKowed such disinclination to at¬ tend services during the fail holy days that the commanding of¬ ficers felt it their duty to exer- cisp moral suasion . . .Perhaps It's tip to the chaplains to make the services more attractive to
the. .fellws In-unlfprfn?...
We!re glad td report "that Erwrri "Piscator's production' o{ Less- ing's "Nathan the Wise" the play which stood first on Hitler's hook-burning list, Is doing well In its two-week' engagement at the Studio Theatre of the New School for Social Research . . . It's too bad that this famous drama, or some equally power¬ ful plea for tolerance, doesn't s.eem to have that popular ap¬ peal which would bring capac¬ ity audiences to see it for a couple of seasons . . . OUR BRITISH AX,LIK8 . . . (^ The British Shrove Tuesday custom of eating pancakes, we're informed, is analogous to the Jewish practice of eating matz- oth during Pas.sover . . . For the English, it seems, consume their pancakes in commemoration of the flat cakes the children of Is rael ate on their departure from Egypt ... All of which reminds us of an incident reported by an American soldier to his fam¬ ily ... It seems that this soldier, stationed in a Western camp, went to a party al a local Jew¬ ish center, and there observed an RAF cadet happily consun^ing a platterful of tasty cheese blintzes ... So a young lady, thinking he might like some more, ventured to remark: "You like those blint¬ zes, don't you?" . . . "Blintzes" exclaimed the English youth in a tone of horror . . . "They're the most terrible thing you can im¬ agine" . . . The lady was sorne- what taken aback — but a little probing revealed that the strang¬ er within our gates had thought she was asking him about the London blitzes . . . MU8ICA1, NOTES . . . fe They all fall sooner or later, we guess . . . anyway, here's the one and only Fritz Kreisler sign¬ ed up to play his fiddle over the radio some time soon ... A copy of Herbert Weinstock's bio¬ graphy of Tchaikovsky, recent¬ ly published here, now reposes in the library of the composers home at Klin, Russia . . .-Our con-frere Josh Levy of the Na (Continued on Page 8)
Over 400 To Attend B'nai B'rith Women Dinner Tuesday
The B'nai B'rith Auxiliary, and B. & P. Women have issued an invitation to the patients of Fletcher General Hospital lo at¬ tend the Purim Costume Bail to be held this Saturday (tonight) at thS .IWB-USO Lounge. Those of the patients who are able to attend will he permitted a week end pass, and the organization is asking for volunteers to offer homo hospitality to the boys who accept. The extent of such ho.qpitallty is sleeping accommo¬ dations for Saturday night, March - servances on Saturday. March Uth, at 2:;j0 P. M , in the Desh¬ ler-Wallick suite, it was announ¬ ced this week.
Mrs. Charles Aurtiacli. of Cleveland. O., will be the guest speitker. She has chosen "Sur¬ veying the Iiolitical Arena in Zionism" for the afernoon's dis¬ cussion. Mrs. Aurliach is prom- Irient in Clevelanil's Youth Com¬ mission, an organization which she founded some years ago.
The Junior Choral group will lead in the singing an'' '-ea will be served: All members of the Junior and Senior Hadassah groups and the Business and Profesmonal Club are cordially invited.
marked Monday hy a broadcast over WHKC .from the Statehouse rotunda with Governor John W. Hricker turning on the neon Red Cross lights at the four corners of the statehouse grounds, and Tuesday night at the Memorial HaU, when Miss Phyllis Pedigo, Red Gross recreation wOrtcerlST" Australia, shared the platform with Major Marlon P. Caruth- ers and Lieut. Allen Roesslg, both of Lockbourne Air Base, who told of their experiences in T)l) comliat missions in the North .\fri(tin and Italian campaigns. Commanding officers of the Army and' Navy are unanimous in giving unstinting prai.se to the work of the Red C^ross in the Overseas theaters of War. Ad¬ miral C. W. NImitz, command- er-ln chief. U. S. Pacific Fleet, has this 10 .say. "Wherever the Stars and Stripes fly over the Pacific Islands, there also Is found the .symbol of the American Red, Cross, its representatives work tirelessly In the service of our fighting men'.
"The American Red Cross has made an outstiinding c(mtril)u- tlon". says Gen. .loseph Stillweil. commanding i;, S. Army forces in Chihna. liurma and India to the high morale ot the soldiers In the China-Burma-India thea¬ ter', and .Gen. Mark Clark, com¬ mander of the Fifth II. S, Army states Ihiit wherever the Fifth Army has moved, the American Red Cro.ss has kept pace with its advance.
"The many functions of the American Red Cross are loo well known to all Americans for me to enumerate this organiza¬ tion's far reaching ccmtributions to our civilization in times of adversity", declares Lieut. Gen¬ eral Robert C. Richard.son, Jr., cimimanding the General Pacific Area U. S. Army. "Because the Red Cro.ss is supported hy vol¬ untary contributions, it is your organizaikm; your watchdog against the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse .
Unqualified also is General Douglas MacArthur's comment, "The Red Cross never has failed the American soldier", while in a long statement issued by Ad¬ miral F. Hals.ey, Jr., commander of the South Pacific Naval Force, he states. "The commendable (Cpntlnued on Page 8)